New members coil builds

[roosterado]

I have a newbie question about a Genesis build I just did. . Last week I did a Stainless mesh wick coil with 32ga Kanthal A1[ all i had] 5/4 wrap and got 2.4 ohm1 [wick]After vaping on it for 1 week its now 3 ohm.Tonite I did Decided to use 32ga on a dual wick RSST same mesh 5/4 wrap.Came out at 1.4 ohm.OK I have been vaping on it for about 1/2 hr on my Seigeli 20 watt and its down to 1 ohm?

 

[Jeremy Powers]

. Built a braided sleeper coil last night, 0.24 ohms and she's a brute!! So far my favorite coil build! Amazing flavor and the vapor is crazy!!

 

[lucky_x16]

Thanks for posting this YouTube video.
It was very educational.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9qjAey11f4

 

[Guma]

Thanks for the link to the coil building jig on Amazon. I had already purchased the Stanley screwdriver set that RipTripper uses but that kit looks awesome.

BTW, some very nice coils in this thread!

 

[donuts]

First try at a twisted coil. Two strands 28ga twisted 5/6 times came out at 0.4ohms good clouds less flavor IMO than a similar non twisted coil.

 

[Art Mustel]

I have a question, I've been building my own coils for some time but never tried sub-ohms. I wanted to start with nothing too extreme, just 0.8 ohms, so I made a couple of 1.7-1.8 coils using 28g kanthal, 10 wraps around a 3/32 drill bit. I ended with a dual coil that was 0.9 ohms (more or less what I wanted) but for some reason my coils take too long to heat properly, which made me think that maybe, to get around 0.8ohms and a coil that works good i would need less wraps with a lower G kanthal. Since I don't have any available, could I use a bigger drill bit than 3/32 and less 28g wraps, or it is a bad idea? Sorry for my ignorance, and thanks for your help!

 

[Tombie15]

7wrap 24g Parallel microcoil wrapped around a screwdriver that's ~5/64ths
.25 Ohms

This was going to be a dual coil, but the center-post holes on my patriot couldn't fit four strands of 24g
plus, .125 ohm is WAY too low.
I'm astonished by how much vapor this produces at .25, and the abundance of space on the deck makes for a really nice, airy draw. I almost think a dual would've restricted the airflow too much.

 

[donuts]

Dual vertical 7 wrap 28ga at 0.8 ohms

 

[TheKiwi]

I have a question, I've been building my own coils for some time but never tried sub-ohms. I wanted to start with nothing too extreme, just 0.8 ohms, so I made a couple of 1.7-1.8 coils using 28g kanthal, 10 wraps around a 3/32 drill bit. I ended with a dual coil that was 0.9 ohms (more or less what I wanted) but for some reason my coils take too long to heat properly, which made me think that maybe, to get around 0.8ohms and a coil that works good i would need less wraps with a lower G kanthal. Since I don't have any available, could I use a bigger drill bit than 3/32 and less 28g wraps, or it is a bad idea? Sorry for my ignorance, and thanks for your help!

Lol. For better response, drop the wraps and/or make up for the resistance loss by using a HIGHER gauge wire. Not lower. (Higher as in. The number. But smaller in diameter)

Using 28ga to hit sucha high resistance isn't a good idea; it's a lot a lot of wire mass to heat up

 

[Art Mustel]

Thanks! I will redo it with 32g kanthal.